3 arrested in connection with Celebration purse snatching

April 15, 2010|By Alan Schmadtke, Orlando Sentinel

Osceola County investigators arrested two men and one juvenile, all from Kissimmee, in connection with a strong-armed robbery in Celebration on April 2, according to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office.

Randy Gonzalez, 18, and Ramiro Diaz Vargas, 18, are charged with robbery, grand theft and battery, the Sheriff's Office said. The juvenile is facing the same charges.

The charges stem from a night-time incident in which a man approached a woman at 650 Campus Street in Celebration and knocked her down while taking her purse, the Sheriff's Office said. The man left the scene, running toward a nearby wooded area.

Detectives developed information that led them to Vargas, Gonzalez and the juvenile, according to the Sheriff's Office

Gonzalez and Vargas were booked into the Osceola County Jail. The juvenile was taken to the Osceola County Juvenile Detention Center, the Sheriff's Office said.